diff --git a/src/declarations/stencil-private.ts b/src/declarations/stencil-private.ts
index dbe578a169d..d1a785ac1d5 100644
--- a/src/declarations/stencil-private.ts
+++ b/src/declarations/stencil-private.ts
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ export interface RenderNode extends HostElement {
   ['s-sr']?: boolean;
 
   /**
-   * Slot name
+   * Slot name of either the slot itself or the slotted node
    */
   ['s-sn']?: string;
 
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ export interface RenderNode extends HostElement {
    * This is a reference for a original location node
    * back to the node that's been moved around.
    */
-  ['s-nr']?: RenderNode;
+  ['s-nr']?: PatchedSlotNode | RenderNode;
 
   /**
    * Original Order:
@@ -1526,6 +1526,13 @@ export interface RenderNode extends HostElement {
    */
   __appendChild?: <T extends Node>(newChild: T) => T;
 
+  /**
+   * On a `scoped: true` component
+   * with `experimentalSlotFixes` flag enabled,
+   * gives access to the original `insertBefore` method
+   */
+  __insertBefore?: <T extends Node>(node: T, child: Node | null) => T;
+
   /**
    * On a `scoped: true` component
    * with `experimentalSlotFixes` flag enabled,
@@ -1534,6 +1541,77 @@ export interface RenderNode extends HostElement {
   __removeChild?: <T extends Node>(child: T) => T;
 }
 
+export interface PatchedSlotNode extends Node {
+  /**
+   * Slot name
+   */
+  ['s-sn']?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Original Location Reference:
+   * A reference pointing to the comment
+   * which represents the original location
+   * before it was moved to its slot.
+   */
+  ['s-ol']?: RenderNode;
+
+  /**
+   * Slot host tag name:
+   * This is the tag name of the element where this node
+   * has been moved to during slot relocation.
+   *
+   * This allows us to check if the node has been moved and prevent
+   * us from thinking a node _should_ be moved when it may already be in
+   * its final destination.
+   *
+   * This value is set to `undefined` whenever the node is put back into its original location.
+   */
+  ['s-sh']?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Is a `slot` node when `shadow: false` (or `scoped: true`).
+   *
+   * This is a node (either empty text-node or `<slot-fb>` element)
+   * that represents where a `<slot>` is located in the original JSX.
+   */
+  ['s-sr']?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * On a `scoped: true` component
+   * with `experimentalSlotFixes` flag enabled,
+   * returns the actual `parentNode` of the component
+   */
+  __parentNode?: RenderNode;
+
+  /**
+   * On a `scoped: true` component
+   * with `experimentalSlotFixes` flag enabled,
+   * returns the actual `nextSibling` of the component
+   */
+  __nextSibling?: RenderNode;
+
+  /**
+   * On a `scoped: true` component
+   * with `experimentalSlotFixes` flag enabled,
+   * returns the actual `previousSibling` of the component
+   */
+  __previousSibling?: RenderNode;
+
+  /**
+   * On a `scoped: true` component
+   * with `experimentalSlotFixes` flag enabled,
+   * returns the actual `nextElementSibling` of the component
+   */
+  __nextElementSibling?: RenderNode;
+
+  /**
+   * On a `scoped: true` component
+   * with `experimentalSlotFixes` flag enabled,
+   * returns the actual `nextElementSibling` of the component
+   */
+  __previousElementSibling?: RenderNode;
+}
+
 export type LazyBundlesRuntimeData = LazyBundleRuntimeData[];
 
 export type LazyBundleRuntimeData = [
diff --git a/src/mock-doc/node.ts b/src/mock-doc/node.ts
index 6c25b8c55c1..bbab00ed33d 100644
--- a/src/mock-doc/node.ts
+++ b/src/mock-doc/node.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export class MockNode {
 
   remove() {
     if (this.parentNode != null) {
-      this.parentNode.removeChild(this);
+      (this as any).__parentNode ? (this as any).__parentNode.removeChild(this) : this.parentNode.removeChild(this);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/client-hydrate.ts b/src/runtime/client-hydrate.ts
index f8cf819ac88..f63deaff8a8 100644
--- a/src/runtime/client-hydrate.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/client-hydrate.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { doc, plt } from '@platform';
 import { CMP_FLAGS } from '@utils';
 
 import type * as d from '../declarations';
-import { patchNextPrev } from './dom-extras';
+import { patchSlottedNode } from './dom-extras';
 import { createTime } from './profile';
 import {
   COMMENT_NODE_ID,
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export const initializeClientHydrate = (
 
         if (BUILD.experimentalSlotFixes) {
           // patch this node for accessors like `nextSibling` (et al)
-          patchNextPrev(slottedItem.node);
+          patchSlottedNode(slottedItem.node);
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/dom-extras.ts b/src/runtime/dom-extras.ts
index ea840f2fe8f..06da86742f2 100644
--- a/src/runtime/dom-extras.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/dom-extras.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import { BUILD } from '@app-data';
-import { getHostRef, plt, supportsShadow } from '@platform';
-import { HOST_FLAGS } from '@utils/constants';
+import { supportsShadow } from '@platform';
 
 import type * as d from '../declarations';
-import { PLATFORM_FLAGS } from './runtime-constants';
 import {
   addSlotRelocateNode,
   getHostSlotChildNodes,
@@ -12,7 +10,8 @@ import {
   getSlottedChildNodes,
   updateFallbackSlotVisibility,
 } from './slot-polyfill-utils';
-import { insertBefore } from './vdom/vdom-render';
+
+/// HOST ELEMENTS ///
 
 export const patchPseudoShadowDom = (hostElementPrototype: HTMLElement) => {
   patchCloneNode(hostElementPrototype);
@@ -22,11 +21,17 @@ export const patchPseudoShadowDom = (hostElementPrototype: HTMLElement) => {
   patchSlotInsertAdjacentElement(hostElementPrototype);
   patchSlotInsertAdjacentHTML(hostElementPrototype);
   patchSlotInsertAdjacentText(hostElementPrototype);
+  patchInsertBefore(hostElementPrototype);
   patchTextContent(hostElementPrototype);
   patchChildSlotNodes(hostElementPrototype);
   patchSlotRemoveChild(hostElementPrototype);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Patches the `cloneNode` method on a `scoped` Stencil component.
+ *
+ * @param HostElementPrototype The Stencil component to be patched
+ */
 export const patchCloneNode = (HostElementPrototype: HTMLElement) => {
   const orgCloneNode = HostElementPrototype.cloneNode;
 
@@ -93,7 +98,14 @@ export const patchSlotAppendChild = (HostElementPrototype: any) => {
 
       const slotChildNodes = getHostSlotChildNodes(slotNode, slotName);
       const appendAfter = slotChildNodes[slotChildNodes.length - 1];
-      const insertedNode = insertBefore(appendAfter.parentNode, newChild, appendAfter.nextSibling as d.RenderNode);
+
+      const parent = intrnlCall(appendAfter, 'parentNode') as d.RenderNode;
+      let insertedNode: d.RenderNode;
+      if (parent.__insertBefore) {
+        insertedNode = parent.__insertBefore(newChild, appendAfter.nextSibling);
+      } else {
+        insertedNode = parent.insertBefore(newChild, appendAfter.nextSibling);
+      }
 
       // Check if there is fallback content that should be hidden
       updateFallbackSlotVisibility(this);
@@ -150,7 +162,13 @@ export const patchSlotPrepend = (HostElementPrototype: HTMLElement) => {
         addSlotRelocateNode(newChild, slotNode, true);
         const slotChildNodes = getHostSlotChildNodes(slotNode, slotName);
         const appendAfter = slotChildNodes[0];
-        return insertBefore(appendAfter.parentNode, newChild, appendAfter.nextSibling as d.RenderNode);
+        const parent = intrnlCall(appendAfter, 'parentNode') as d.RenderNode;
+
+        if (parent.__insertBefore) {
+          return parent.__insertBefore(newChild, intrnlCall(appendAfter, 'nextSibling'));
+        } else {
+          return parent.insertBefore(newChild, intrnlCall(appendAfter, 'nextSibling'));
+        }
       }
 
       if (newChild.nodeType === 1 && !!newChild.getAttribute('slot')) {
@@ -223,6 +241,68 @@ export const patchSlotInsertAdjacentText = (HostElementPrototype: HTMLElement) =
   };
 };
 
+/**
+ * Patches the `insertBefore` of a non-shadow component.
+ *
+ * The *current* node to insert before may not be in the root of our component
+ * (e.g. if it's 'slotted' it appears in the root, but isn't really)
+ *
+ * This tries to find where the *current* node lives within the component and insert the new node before it
+ * *If* the new node is in the same slot as the *current* node. Otherwise the new node is appended to it's 'slot'
+ *
+ * @param HostElementPrototype the custom element prototype to patch
+ */
+const patchInsertBefore = (HostElementPrototype: HTMLElement) => {
+  const eleProto: d.RenderNode = HostElementPrototype;
+  if (eleProto.__insertBefore) return;
+
+  eleProto.__insertBefore = HostElementPrototype.insertBefore;
+
+  HostElementPrototype.insertBefore = function <T extends d.PatchedSlotNode>(
+    this: d.RenderNode,
+    newChild: T,
+    currentChild: d.RenderNode | null,
+  ) {
+    const slotName = (newChild['s-sn'] = getSlotName(newChild));
+    const slotNode = getHostSlotNodes(this.__childNodes, this.tagName, slotName)[0];
+    const slottedNodes = this.__childNodes ? this.childNodes : getSlottedChildNodes(this.childNodes);
+
+    if (slotNode) {
+      let found = false;
+
+      slottedNodes.forEach((childNode) => {
+        if (childNode === currentChild || currentChild === null) {
+          // we found the node to insert before in our list of 'lightDOM' / slotted nodes
+          found = true;
+
+          if (currentChild === null || slotName !== currentChild['s-sn']) {
+            // new child is not in the same slot as 'slot before' node
+            // so let's use the patched appendChild method. This will correctly slot the node
+            this.appendChild(newChild);
+            return;
+          }
+
+          if (slotName === currentChild['s-sn']) {
+            // current child ('slot before' node) is 'in' the same slot
+            addSlotRelocateNode(newChild, slotNode);
+
+            const parent = intrnlCall(currentChild, 'parentNode') as d.RenderNode;
+            if (parent.__insertBefore) {
+              // the parent is a patched component, so we need to use the internal method
+              parent.__insertBefore(newChild, currentChild);
+            } else {
+              parent.insertBefore(newChild, currentChild);
+            }
+          }
+          return;
+        }
+      });
+      if (found) return newChild;
+    }
+    return (this as d.RenderNode).__insertBefore(newChild, currentChild);
+  };
+};
+
 /**
  * Patches the `insertAdjacentElement` method for a slotted node inside a scoped component. Specifically,
  * we only need to patch the behavior for the specific `beforeend` and `afterbegin` positions so the element
@@ -253,7 +333,7 @@ export const patchSlotInsertAdjacentElement = (HostElementPrototype: HTMLElement
 };
 
 /**
- * Patches the text content of an unnamed slotted node inside a scoped component
+ * Patches the `textContent` of an unnamed slotted node inside a scoped component
  *
  * @param hostElementPrototype the `Element` to be patched
  */
@@ -315,17 +395,9 @@ export const patchChildSlotNodes = (elm: HTMLElement) => {
   patchHostOriginalAccessor('childNodes', elm);
   Object.defineProperty(elm, 'childNodes', {
     get() {
-      if (
-        !plt.$flags$ ||
-        !getHostRef(this)?.$flags$ ||
-        ((plt.$flags$ & PLATFORM_FLAGS.isTmpDisconnected) === 0 && getHostRef(this)?.$flags$ & HOST_FLAGS.hasRendered)
-      ) {
-        const result = new FakeNodeList();
-        const nodes = getSlottedChildNodes(this.__childNodes);
-        result.push(...nodes);
-        return result;
-      }
-      return FakeNodeList.from(this.__childNodes);
+      const result = new FakeNodeList();
+      result.push(...getSlottedChildNodes(this.__childNodes));
+      return result;
     },
   });
 };
@@ -344,11 +416,12 @@ export const patchChildSlotNodes = (elm: HTMLElement) => {
  *
  * @param node the slotted node to be patched
  */
-export const patchNextPrev = (node: Node) => {
+export const patchSlottedNode = (node: Node) => {
   if (!node || (node as any).__nextSibling || !globalThis.Node) return;
 
   patchNextSibling(node);
   patchPreviousSibling(node);
+  patchParentNode(node);
 
   if (node.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
     patchNextElementSibling(node as Element);
@@ -360,7 +433,6 @@ export const patchNextPrev = (node: Node) => {
  * Patches the `nextSibling` accessor of a non-shadow slotted node
  *
  * @param node the slotted node to be patched
- * Required during during testing / mock environnement.
  */
 const patchNextSibling = (node: Node) => {
   // already been patched? return
@@ -383,7 +455,6 @@ const patchNextSibling = (node: Node) => {
  * Patches the `nextElementSibling` accessor of a non-shadow slotted node
  *
  * @param element the slotted element node to be patched
- * Required during during testing / mock environnement.
  */
 const patchNextElementSibling = (element: Element) => {
   if (!element || (element as any).__nextElementSibling) return;
@@ -405,7 +476,6 @@ const patchNextElementSibling = (element: Element) => {
  * Patches the `previousSibling` accessor of a non-shadow slotted node
  *
  * @param node the slotted node to be patched
- * Required during during testing / mock environnement.
  */
 const patchPreviousSibling = (node: Node) => {
   if (!node || (node as any).__previousSibling) return;
@@ -427,7 +497,6 @@ const patchPreviousSibling = (node: Node) => {
  * Patches the `previousElementSibling` accessor of a non-shadow slotted node
  *
  * @param element the slotted element node to be patched
- * Required during during testing / mock environnement.
  */
 const patchPreviousElementSibling = (element: Element) => {
   if (!element || (element as any).__previousElementSibling) return;
@@ -446,6 +515,26 @@ const patchPreviousElementSibling = (element: Element) => {
   });
 };
 
+/**
+ * Patches the `parentNode` accessor of a non-shadow slotted node
+ *
+ * @param node the slotted node to be patched
+ */
+export const patchParentNode = (node: Node) => {
+  if (!node || (node as any).__parentNode) return;
+
+  patchHostOriginalAccessor('parentNode', node);
+  Object.defineProperty(node, 'parentNode', {
+    get: function () {
+      return this['s-ol']?.parentNode || this.__parentNode;
+    },
+    set: function (value) {
+      // mock-doc sets parentNode?
+      this.__parentNode = value;
+    },
+  });
+};
+
 /// UTILS ///
 
 const validElementPatches = ['children', 'nextElementSibling', 'previousElementSibling'] as const;
@@ -456,6 +545,7 @@ const validNodesPatches = [
   'nextSibling',
   'previousSibling',
   'textContent',
+  'parentNode',
 ] as const;
 
 /**
@@ -481,3 +571,19 @@ function patchHostOriginalAccessor(
   }
   if (accessor) Object.defineProperty(node, '__' + accessorName, accessor);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Get the original / internal accessor or method of a node or element.
+ *
+ * @param node - the node to get the accessor from
+ * @param method - the name of the accessor to get
+ *
+ * @returns the original accessor or method of the node
+ */
+function intrnlCall<T extends d.RenderNode, P extends keyof d.RenderNode>(node: T, method: P): T[P] {
+  if ('__' + method in node) {
+    return node[('__' + method) as keyof d.RenderNode] as T[P];
+  } else {
+    return node[method];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/runtime/slot-polyfill-utils.ts b/src/runtime/slot-polyfill-utils.ts
index 16b89da6c6c..275f5d92fdd 100644
--- a/src/runtime/slot-polyfill-utils.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/slot-polyfill-utils.ts
@@ -45,15 +45,18 @@ export const updateFallbackSlotVisibility = (elm: d.RenderNode) => {
 
 /**
  * Get's the child nodes of a component that are actually slotted.
- * This is only required until all patches are unified
+ * It does this by using root nodes of a component; for each slotted node there is a
+ * corresponding slot location node which points to the slotted node (via `['s-nr']`).
+ *
+ * This is only required until all patches are unified / switched on all the time (then we can rely on `childNodes`)
  * either under 'experimentalSlotFixes' or on by default
  * @param childNodes all 'internal' child nodes of the component
  * @returns An array of slotted reference nodes.
  */
-export const getSlottedChildNodes = (childNodes: NodeListOf<d.RenderNode>) => {
+export const getSlottedChildNodes = (childNodes: NodeListOf<ChildNode>): d.PatchedSlotNode[] => {
   const result = [];
   for (let i = 0; i < childNodes.length; i++) {
-    const slottedNode = childNodes[i]['s-nr'];
+    const slottedNode = ((childNodes[i] as d.RenderNode)['s-nr'] as d.PatchedSlotNode) || undefined;
     if (slottedNode && slottedNode.isConnected) {
       result.push(slottedNode);
     }
@@ -68,21 +71,25 @@ export const getSlottedChildNodes = (childNodes: NodeListOf<d.RenderNode>) => {
  * @param slotName the name of the slot to match on.
  * @returns a reference to the slot node that matches the provided name, `null` otherwise
  */
-export const getHostSlotNodes = (childNodes: NodeListOf<ChildNode>, hostName: string, slotName?: string) => {
+export function getHostSlotNodes(childNodes: NodeListOf<ChildNode>, hostName: string, slotName?: string) {
   let i = 0;
   let slottedNodes: d.RenderNode[] = [];
   let childNode: d.RenderNode;
 
   for (; i < childNodes.length; i++) {
     childNode = childNodes[i] as any;
-    if (childNode['s-sr'] && childNode['s-hn'] === hostName && (!slotName || childNode['s-sn'] === slotName)) {
+    if (
+      childNode['s-sr'] &&
+      childNode['s-hn'] === hostName &&
+      (slotName === undefined || childNode['s-sn'] === slotName)
+    ) {
       slottedNodes.push(childNode);
       if (typeof slotName !== 'undefined') return slottedNodes;
     }
     slottedNodes = [...slottedNodes, ...getHostSlotNodes(childNode.childNodes, hostName, slotName)];
   }
   return slottedNodes;
-};
+}
 
 /**
  * Get slotted child nodes of a slot node
@@ -138,12 +145,13 @@ export const isNodeLocatedInSlot = (nodeToRelocate: d.RenderNode, slotName: stri
  *  (the order of the slot location nodes determines the order of the slotted nodes in our patched accessors)
  */
 export const addSlotRelocateNode = (
-  newChild: d.RenderNode,
+  newChild: d.PatchedSlotNode,
   slotNode: d.RenderNode,
   prepend?: boolean,
   position?: number,
 ) => {
   let slottedNodeLocation: d.RenderNode;
+
   // does newChild already have a slot location node?
   if (newChild['s-ol'] && newChild['s-ol'].isConnected) {
     slottedNodeLocation = newChild['s-ol'];
@@ -181,5 +189,5 @@ export const addSlotRelocateNode = (
   newChild['s-sh'] = slotNode['s-hn'];
 };
 
-export const getSlotName = (node: d.RenderNode) =>
+export const getSlotName = (node: d.PatchedSlotNode) =>
   node['s-sn'] || (node.nodeType === 1 && (node as Element).getAttribute('slot')) || '';
diff --git a/src/runtime/test/dom-extras.spec.tsx b/src/runtime/test/dom-extras.spec.tsx
index 5d689d58c37..9422201d8e7 100644
--- a/src/runtime/test/dom-extras.spec.tsx
+++ b/src/runtime/test/dom-extras.spec.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { Component, h, Host } from '@stencil/core';
 import { newSpecPage, SpecPage } from '@stencil/core/testing';
 
-import { patchNextPrev, patchPseudoShadowDom } from '../../runtime/dom-extras';
+import { patchPseudoShadowDom, patchSlottedNode } from '../../runtime/dom-extras';
 
 describe('dom-extras - patches for non-shadow dom methods and accessors', () => {
   let specPage: SpecPage;
 
   const nodeOrEleContent = (node: Node | Element) => {
-    return (node as Element)?.outerHTML || node?.nodeValue.trim();
+    return (node as Element)?.outerHTML || node?.nodeValue?.trim();
   };
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ describe('dom-extras - patches for non-shadow dom methods and accessors', () =>
   });
 
   it('patches nextSibling / previousSibling accessors of slotted nodes', async () => {
-    specPage.root.childNodes.forEach((node: Node) => patchNextPrev(node));
+    specPage.root.childNodes.forEach((node: Node) => patchSlottedNode(node));
     expect(nodeOrEleContent(specPage.root.firstChild)).toBe('Some default slot, slotted text');
     expect(nodeOrEleContent(specPage.root.firstChild.nextSibling)).toBe('<span>a default slot, slotted element</span>');
     expect(nodeOrEleContent(specPage.root.firstChild.nextSibling.nextSibling)).toBe(``);
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe('dom-extras - patches for non-shadow dom methods and accessors', () =>
   });
 
   it('patches nextElementSibling / previousElementSibling accessors of slotted nodes', async () => {
-    specPage.root.childNodes.forEach((node: Node) => patchNextPrev(node));
+    specPage.root.childNodes.forEach((node: Node) => patchSlottedNode(node));
     expect(nodeOrEleContent(specPage.root.children[0].nextElementSibling)).toBe(
       '<div slot="second-slot"> a second slot, slotted element <span>nested element in the second slot<span></span></span></div>',
     );
@@ -130,4 +130,14 @@ describe('dom-extras - patches for non-shadow dom methods and accessors', () =>
       '<span>a default slot, slotted element</span>',
     );
   });
+
+  it('patches parentNode of slotted nodes', async () => {
+    specPage.root.childNodes.forEach((node: Node) => patchSlottedNode(node));
+    expect(specPage.root.children[0].parentNode.tagName).toBe('CMP-A');
+    expect(specPage.root.children[1].parentNode.tagName).toBe('CMP-A');
+    expect(specPage.root.childNodes[0].parentNode.tagName).toBe('CMP-A');
+    expect(specPage.root.childNodes[1].parentNode.tagName).toBe('CMP-A');
+    expect(specPage.root.children[0].__parentNode.tagName).toBe('DIV');
+    expect(specPage.root.childNodes[0].__parentNode.tagName).toBe('DIV');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/runtime/vdom/util.ts b/src/runtime/vdom/util.ts
index 1d6600d354a..4d79aeea074 100755
--- a/src/runtime/vdom/util.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/vdom/util.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function toVNode(node: Node): d.VNode | null {
     const vnode: d.VNode = newVNode(node.nodeName.toLowerCase(), null);
     vnode.$elm$ = node;
 
-    const childNodes = node.childNodes;
+    const childNodes = (node as any).__childNodes || node.childNodes;
     let childVnode: d.VNode;
 
     for (let i = 0, l = childNodes.length; i < l; i++) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/vdom/vdom-annotations.ts b/src/runtime/vdom/vdom-annotations.ts
index 34d3ec3b45f..b432f7c3737 100644
--- a/src/runtime/vdom/vdom-annotations.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/vdom/vdom-annotations.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const insertVdomAnnotations = (doc: Document, staticComponents: string[])
 
     orgLocationNodes.forEach((orgLocationNode) => {
       if (orgLocationNode != null && orgLocationNode['s-nr']) {
-        const nodeRef = orgLocationNode['s-nr'];
+        const nodeRef = orgLocationNode['s-nr'] as d.RenderNode;
 
         let hostId = nodeRef['s-host-id'];
         let nodeId = nodeRef['s-node-id'];
diff --git a/src/runtime/vdom/vdom-render.ts b/src/runtime/vdom/vdom-render.ts
index 81b508b38bd..179c8457e11 100644
--- a/src/runtime/vdom/vdom-render.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/vdom/vdom-render.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
  */
 import { BUILD } from '@app-data';
 import { consoleDevError, doc, plt, supportsShadow } from '@platform';
-import { CMP_FLAGS, HTML_NS, isDef, SVG_NS } from '@utils';
+import { CMP_FLAGS, HTML_NS, isDef, NODE_TYPES, SVG_NS } from '@utils';
 
 import type * as d from '../../declarations';
+import { patchParentNode } from '../dom-extras';
 import { NODE_TYPE, PLATFORM_FLAGS, VNODE_FLAGS } from '../runtime-constants';
 import { isNodeLocatedInSlot, updateFallbackSlotVisibility } from '../slot-polyfill-utils';
 import { h, isHost, newVNode } from './h';
@@ -853,12 +854,29 @@ export const nullifyVNodeRefs = (vNode: d.VNode) => {
  * @param reference anchor element
  * @returns inserted node
  */
-export const insertBefore = (parent: Node, newNode: d.RenderNode, reference?: d.RenderNode): Node => {
+export const insertBefore = (
+  parent: Node,
+  newNode: d.RenderNode,
+  reference?: d.RenderNode | d.PatchedSlotNode,
+): Node => {
   if (BUILD.scoped && typeof newNode['s-sn'] === 'string' && !!newNode['s-sr'] && !!newNode['s-cr']) {
+    // this is a slot node
     addRemoveSlotScopedClass(newNode['s-cr'], newNode, parent as d.RenderNode, newNode.parentElement);
+  } else if (BUILD.experimentalSlotFixes && typeof newNode['s-sn'] === 'string') {
+    // this is a slotted node.
+    if (parent.getRootNode().nodeType !== NODE_TYPES.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE) {
+      // we don't need to patch this node if it's nested in a shadow root
+      patchParentNode(newNode);
+    }
+    // potentially use the patched insertBefore method. This will correctly slot the new node
+    return parent.insertBefore(newNode, reference);
+  }
+
+  if (BUILD.experimentalSlotFixes && (parent as d.RenderNode).__insertBefore) {
+    return (parent as d.RenderNode).__insertBefore(newNode, reference) as d.RenderNode;
+  } else {
+    return parent?.insertBefore(newNode, reference) as d.RenderNode;
   }
-  const inserted = parent?.insertBefore(newNode, reference);
-  return inserted;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -1065,9 +1083,13 @@ render() {
           ) {
             let orgLocationNode = nodeToRelocate['s-ol']?.previousSibling as d.RenderNode | null;
             while (orgLocationNode) {
-              let refNode = orgLocationNode['s-nr'] ?? null;
+              let refNode = (orgLocationNode['s-nr'] as d.RenderNode) ?? null;
 
-              if (refNode && refNode['s-sn'] === nodeToRelocate['s-sn'] && parentNodeRef === refNode.parentNode) {
+              if (
+                refNode &&
+                refNode['s-sn'] === nodeToRelocate['s-sn'] &&
+                parentNodeRef === ((refNode as d.PatchedSlotNode).__parentNode || refNode.parentNode)
+              ) {
                 refNode = refNode.nextSibling as d.RenderNode | null;
 
                 // If the refNode is the same node to be relocated or another element's slot reference, keep searching to find the
@@ -1086,10 +1108,9 @@ render() {
             }
           }
 
-          if (
-            (!insertBeforeNode && parentNodeRef !== nodeToRelocate.parentNode) ||
-            nodeToRelocate.nextSibling !== insertBeforeNode
-          ) {
+          const parent = (nodeToRelocate as d.PatchedSlotNode).__parentNode || nodeToRelocate.parentNode;
+          const nextSibling = (nodeToRelocate as d.PatchedSlotNode).__nextSibling || nodeToRelocate.nextSibling;
+          if ((!insertBeforeNode && parentNodeRef !== parent) || nextSibling !== insertBeforeNode) {
             // we've checked that it's worth while to relocate
             // since that the node to relocate
             // has a different next sibling or parent relocated
diff --git a/test/wdio/scoped-slot-insertbefore/cmp.test.tsx b/test/wdio/scoped-slot-insertbefore/cmp.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93665aa3889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/wdio/scoped-slot-insertbefore/cmp.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import { Fragment, h } from '@stencil/core';
+import { render } from '@wdio/browser-runner/stencil';
+
+describe('testing a `scoped="true"` component `insertBefore` method', () => {
+  let host: HTMLScopedSlotInsertBeforeElement;
+  let defaultSlot: HTMLDivElement;
+  let startSlot: HTMLDivElement;
+  let endSlot: HTMLDivElement;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    render({
+      template: () => (
+        <>
+          <scoped-slot-insertbefore>
+            <p>My initial slotted content.</p>
+          </scoped-slot-insertbefore>
+        </>
+      ),
+    });
+
+    await $('#parentDiv').waitForExist();
+    host = document.querySelector('scoped-slot-insertbefore');
+    startSlot = host.querySelector('#parentDiv .start-slot');
+    endSlot = host.querySelector('#parentDiv .end-slot');
+    defaultSlot = host.querySelector('#parentDiv .default-slot');
+  });
+
+  it('slots nodes in the correct order when they have the same slot', async () => {
+    expect(defaultSlot.children.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(startSlot.children.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(endSlot.children.length).toBe(1);
+
+    const el1 = document.createElement('p');
+    const el2 = document.createElement('p');
+    const el3 = document.createElement('p');
+    el1.innerText = 'Content 1. ';
+    el2.innerText = 'Content 2. ';
+    el3.innerText = 'Content 3. ';
+
+    host.insertBefore(el1, null);
+    host.insertBefore(el2, el1);
+    host.insertBefore(el3, el2);
+
+    expect(defaultSlot.children.length).toBe(5);
+    expect(startSlot.children.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(endSlot.children.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(defaultSlot.textContent).toBe(
+      `Default slot is here:My initial slotted content.Content 3. Content 2. Content 1. `,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('slots nodes in the correct slot despite the insertion order', async () => {
+    expect(defaultSlot.children.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(startSlot.children.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(endSlot.children.length).toBe(1);
+
+    const el1 = document.createElement('p');
+    const el2 = document.createElement('p');
+    const el3 = document.createElement('p');
+    el1.innerText = 'Content 1. ';
+    el1.slot = 'start-slot';
+    el2.innerText = 'Content 2. ';
+    el2.slot = 'end-slot';
+    el3.innerText = 'Content 3. ';
+
+    host.insertBefore(el1, null);
+    host.insertBefore(el2, el1);
+    host.insertBefore(el3, el2);
+
+    expect(defaultSlot.children.length).toBe(3);
+    expect(startSlot.children.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(endSlot.children.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(host.textContent).toBe(`My initial slotted content.Content 1. Content 2. Content 3. `);
+  });
+
+  it('can still use original `insertBefore` method', async () => {
+    expect(defaultSlot.children.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(startSlot.children.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(endSlot.children.length).toBe(1);
+
+    const el1 = document.createElement('p');
+    const el2 = document.createElement('p');
+    el1.innerText = 'Content 1. ';
+    el2.innerText = 'Content 2. ';
+    el2.slot = 'end-slot';
+
+    host.__insertBefore(el1, null);
+    host.__insertBefore(el2, host.querySelector('#parentDiv'));
+
+    expect(host.firstElementChild.textContent).toBe('Content 2. ');
+    expect(host.lastElementChild.textContent).toBe('Content 1. ');
+
+    expect(defaultSlot.children.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(startSlot.children.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(endSlot.children.length).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/wdio/scoped-slot-insertbefore/cmp.tsx b/test/wdio/scoped-slot-insertbefore/cmp.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46fa99d2a81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/wdio/scoped-slot-insertbefore/cmp.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { Component, h } from '@stencil/core';
+
+@Component({
+  tag: 'scoped-slot-insertbefore',
+  scoped: true,
+})
+export class ScopedSlotInsertBefore {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div id="parentDiv">
+        <div class="start-slot" style={{ background: 'red' }}>
+          <div>Start slot is here:</div>
+          <slot name="start-slot"></slot>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="default-slot" style={{ background: 'green' }}>
+          <div>Default slot is here:</div>
+          <slot></slot>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="end-slot" style={{ background: 'blue' }}>
+          <div>End slot is here:</div>
+          <slot name="end-slot"></slot>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/wdio/scoped-slot-slotted-parentnode/cmp.test.tsx b/test/wdio/scoped-slot-slotted-parentnode/cmp.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f366279cd88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/wdio/scoped-slot-slotted-parentnode/cmp.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { h } from '@stencil/core';
+import { render } from '@wdio/browser-runner/stencil';
+
+describe('checks slotted node parentNode', () => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    render({
+      template: () => (
+        <cmp-slotted-parentnode>
+          A text node <div>An element</div>
+        </cmp-slotted-parentnode>
+      ),
+    });
+    await $('cmp-slotted-parentnode label').waitForExist();
+  });
+
+  it('slotted nodes and elements `parentNode` do not return component internals', async () => {
+    expect((document.querySelector('cmp-slotted-parentnode').children[0].parentNode as Element).tagName).toBe(
+      'CMP-SLOTTED-PARENTNODE',
+    );
+    expect((document.querySelector('cmp-slotted-parentnode').childNodes[0].parentNode as Element).tagName).toBe(
+      'CMP-SLOTTED-PARENTNODE',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('slotted nodes and elements `__parentNode` return component internals', async () => {
+    expect((document.querySelector('cmp-slotted-parentnode').children[0] as any).__parentNode.tagName).toBe('LABEL');
+    expect((document.querySelector('cmp-slotted-parentnode').childNodes[0] as any).__parentNode.tagName).toBe('LABEL');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/wdio/scoped-slot-slotted-parentnode/cmp.tsx b/test/wdio/scoped-slot-slotted-parentnode/cmp.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3047883a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/wdio/scoped-slot-slotted-parentnode/cmp.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Component, h, Host } from '@stencil/core';
+
+@Component({
+  tag: 'cmp-slotted-parentnode',
+  scoped: true,
+})
+export class CmpSlottedParentnode {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <Host>
+        <label>
+          <slot />
+        </label>
+      </Host>
+    );
+  }
+}